Holiday Ever After & Vera Bradley

In all the excitement leading up to the Holiday Ever After premeire, it was an added surprise to see the logo I created and Charlie’s beautiful artwork used on a series of Vera Bradley bags! Vera Bradley is such a nostalgic brand for me, I still use my large tote from middle school, and I would love to get my hands on one of these bags, too. The mini Mickey ears headphones case is also adorable. Take a peek at the whole group on Hallmark’s website, available soon!

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Holiday Ever After Script Lettering

It wouldn’t be a complete product assortment without a few beautiful Signature cards! I loved creating this script lettering alongside Charlie’s adorable Cinderlla Castle illustration.

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Holiday Ever After

I’m thrilled to share that I had the amazing opportunity to create the movie title lettering for the upcoming Hallmark and Disney movie: Holiday Ever After, A Disney World Wish Come True! Starring Lacey Chabert and Travis Van Winkle, this will premiere on Hallmark Channel Saturday, November 28th. There are also tons of beautiful products that utilized the style guide artwork to go along with this exiting release as well. All illustration by the talented Charlie Hadley with Art Direction from Steve Willaredt. Take a look at them all here, available in October. I can’t wait to watch!

Lindsey (Lacey Chabert) and her extended family head to Walt Disney World to spend a magical Christmas together. But the dream of a jolly holiday gets quickly dashed when Lindsey discovers her room is next door to Philip (Travis Van Winkle), a disastrous first date she recently had, who’s also there on a family trip. As Lindsey and Philip’s paths cross throughout their stay, the frost starts to thaw as they learn they’re not so different from each other after all. Thanks to some Walt Disney World magic, the holiday wish Lindsey made in Cinderella Fountain just might turn their rivalry into romance.

Starring Lacey Chabert, Travis Van Winkle, Richard Kind,
Christy Carlson Romano, Bryce Durfee, Taegen Burns, and Asher Alexander.

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July Memories

July flew by! The month was filled with baby snuggles, Fourth of July festivities, needlepoint (I’m obsessed!), World Cup watch parties, trips to the pool, Theo’s first visit to Turkey Hill, and Grant’s last day of daycare. At the end of the month the Chicago Smiths visited KC, and three weeks of true Summer break home with both boys began! While exhausting, it was so much fun watching Grant play at the Fairway Play Gym, visit Crown Center with Sophie & Winston and Sydney & Diego, and we took a trip to Wonderscope! We also celebrated my Dad’s birthday where Grant and Winston graced us with a harmonica performance. Sophie & Alex also moved right at the end of this whirlwind month. I’m looking forward to all August will bring as we wrap up the sweetest summer with Baby Theo!

Make A Wish Lettering

And another fun use of my birthday “make a wish” lettering on this gift bag! Perfect to have on hand for any upcoming birthdays, I bright, graphic design.

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Fourth of July 2026

Because we were in France last summer, this was our first Fourth of July in our new house and it was also Theo’s first Fourth! Our neighborhood hosts the sweetest parade – complete with a small band leading the way. It ended up being a somewhat rainy morning, but we had the best time strolling the neighborhood, had a wonderful lunch with Grammy and Pop at our house, and then headed to the Hanlin’s for an afternoon topped off with backyard sparklers.